The Plays of William Shakspeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 1George Kearsley, 1806 |
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Page i
... excellent men , especially of those whom their wit and learning have made famous , to deliver some ac- count of themselves , as well as their works , to poste- rity . For this reason , how fond do we see some ped- ple of discovering any ...
... excellent men , especially of those whom their wit and learning have made famous , to deliver some ac- count of themselves , as well as their works , to poste- rity . For this reason , how fond do we see some ped- ple of discovering any ...
Page iv
... the natural turn of it to the stage , soon di- stinguished him , if not as an extraordinary actor , yet as an excellent writer . His name is printed , as the custom was in those times , amongst those of the iv SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE.
... the natural turn of it to the stage , soon di- stinguished him , if not as an extraordinary actor , yet as an excellent writer . His name is printed , as the custom was in those times , amongst those of the iv SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE.
Page xii
... excellent fancy , brave notions , and " gentle expressions ; wherein he flowed with that facility , that sometimes it was necessary he should " be stopped : Suffiaminandus erat , as Augustus said " of Haterius . His wit was in his own ...
... excellent fancy , brave notions , and " gentle expressions ; wherein he flowed with that facility , that sometimes it was necessary he should " be stopped : Suffiaminandus erat , as Augustus said " of Haterius . His wit was in his own ...
Page xvi
... excellent comedian , yet I can- not but think it was designed tragically by the author . There appears in it such a deadly spirit of revenge , such a savage fierceness and fellness , and such a bloody designation of cruelty and mischief ...
... excellent comedian , yet I can- not but think it was designed tragically by the author . There appears in it such a deadly spirit of revenge , such a savage fierceness and fellness , and such a bloody designation of cruelty and mischief ...
Page xxxviii
... , nothing can be styled excellent till it has been compared with other works of the same kind . De- monstration immediately displays its power , and has nothing to hope or fear from the flux of years Xxxviii JOHNSON'S PREFACE .
... , nothing can be styled excellent till it has been compared with other works of the same kind . De- monstration immediately displays its power , and has nothing to hope or fear from the flux of years Xxxviii JOHNSON'S PREFACE .
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